Ug"ly (?), a. [Compar.
Uglier (?); superl. Ugliest.] [Icel.
uggligr fearful, dreadful; uggr fear (akin to ugga to
fear) + -ligr (akin to E. -ly, like). ??. Cf.
Awe.] 1. Offensive to the sight; contrary to
beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive;
deformed.
The ugly view of his deformed crimes.
Spenser.
Like the toad, ugly and venomous.
Shak.
O, I have passed a miserable night,
So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
Shak.
2. Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an
ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]
3. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause
trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
[Colloq.]
Ug"ly (?), n. A shade for the face,
projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley.
Ug"ly, v. t. To make ugly. [R.]
Richardson.